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Air Cooling

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  • 27-02-2012 4:04pm
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    requiem1
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    So i've moved to the US and I need to get some new gear, mainly a case, fans and power supply. I've brought with me:
    • ASUS Rampage II Gene
    • 128GB SSD
    • Core i7 920
    • GTX 295

    My previous case was watercooled but I brought a Thermal Right Ultra HSF with 1366 bolt through kit.

    So I'm thinking for now that I'll put it on air but would like a case that I can watercool with in the future as I have some gear over with me. So my questions are:
    • Whats a good case? I was thinking Fractal R3 but open to suggestions
    • What are good case/cpu fans these days?
    • Should I upgrade my HSF to something more modern?

    I'm looking for silence so let me know what you think


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    For future watercooling, are you looking at your CPU only, or your GPUs and/or motherboard as well?


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    requiem1
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭requiem1


    it'll just be cpu, I've been doing some browsing and was considering doing something like the Fractal Arc either midi or mini but I'm thinking I might just go with a corsair H100 and make my life easy


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    There's also the Rasa RS240 kit if you want a custom loop. It's got the same basic components as the H100, but it'll probably give you a bit more cooling, and the pump leaves you open to replacing the rad if you ever want to add a GPU. (Though maybe not that 295 - it's a hot-running f**ker from what I remember)


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    requiem1
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭requiem1


    Serephucus wrote: »
    There's also the Rasa RS240 kit if you want a custom loop. It's got the same basic components as the H100, but it'll probably give you a bit more cooling, and the pump leaves you open to replacing the rad if you ever want to add a GPU. (Though maybe not that 295 - it's a hot-running f**ker from what I remember)

    Sweet thanks I thought that res had been taken off the market for cracking but that would work nicely. Yeah the 295 is a hotty but I will get rid of it before I'd watercool it given the blocks are a couple of hundred euro. what do you think of the fractal arc?


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